Improvement in knife-scourers



JAMES E. GLAPHAM,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF QUEBEC, CANADA.

v IMPROVEMENT IN lKNIFE-SCOURERS.

Specication forming part ofLettere Patent N o. 168,083, dated September 28, 1875; application led september 1o, 181'5.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HENRY OLAP- HAM, of the city of Quebec, in the county and district of Quebec, in the Province of Canada, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cleaning Knives, which improvement `is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to rapidly form on the blade of a knife a bright and l is worked with a reciprocating motion between the said plates A A. As the knife or knives are actuated with a reciprocating motionvbetween the plates A Athe blade or blades are acted upon so as toproduce a bright and clean surface. The plates A A and the springs B B are contained in a hinged and as to allow of the introduction of the knife or knives to be cleaned.

a table and held firmly while in use.

I claim as my invention- The covered hinged case C C, open at each end and provided with dovetailed recesses for the polishing-plates A A, and springs B B, and secured by thefclamp D, as shown and described.

JAS. HY. GLAPHAM.

Witnesses:

THOMAS C. GoNNoLLY, HENRY H. BURTON.

clasped box, with apertures at each end, so

The apparatus, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, has a clamp that allows it to be fastened to 

